MAYFLOWER - Chris Ashlock picked up high-point honors as Hector's senior boys captured the 5AA-North Conference track and field title Tuesday at Mayflower High School.

Ashlock grabbed first place in three events, winning the 100-meter dash in 11.31 seconds as well as the 200 (23.3 seconds) and the high jump. He also teamed with Eric Small, Tyler Talkington and Chad Henderson to win the 400 relay, finishing in 46.1 seconds.

Hector wound up with 147 points out of the meet, compared to 136 points for runner-up Little Rock Lutheran.

The Wildcats' other first-place finishes came from Henderson in the shot put with a toss of 44 feet, 4 inches, and from Nick Hamilton in the discus with a throw of 119 feet. Hector participants finishing second included Tyler Talkington in the 100 (11.42), Joe Lazzarotto in the 400 (55.7), Eric Small in the high jump and the 1,600 relay team of Small, Lazzarotto, Chris Miranda and Nathaniel Guthrie.

The top two finishers in each event qualify to compete in the Class AA state preliminaries, which will be held May 9 at Danville.

In the girls divsion, Katie Parks was the only Hector participant to qualify for the state preliminaries with her time of 6 minutes, 12 seconds in the 1,600.